Not home yet but it's off the ship, out of the container and ready for the last leg of it's epic journey tomorrow. I cannot believe how clean it looks.
Taking the day off work Friday to get it weighed, inspected and registered. The shipping company sent me these shots today...

 

What a score, the car is fabulous.

 

The stang in the first shot is that yours too?

 

Very nice ride.

 

No. There were 4 cars in there originally and there are enough Mustangs here already. If I was rich enough to bring 2 cars out, the other one would probably be a resto'd '70-'72 340 Duster. Been a favourite of mine from the start.....but rich I ain't

 

Good to see!

 

Terrible car! I wouldn't give you more than $10,000.00 for it...Deal?

 

congrats colonel- you gotta be happy with that very tidy looking car

 

Deal !!

 

WOOOHO! so good to hear your car arrived safely. Very nice as well. Just wondering, did they tell you how they get those cars on the top? Forklift with really long forks?

 

Glad to see that it came through unscathed. Though their stacking system looks a little scary.

 

Glad she made it. S-W-E-E-T ride

 

Congrats,

She made it without and damage. The storage system does look a little scary though. Next picture has to be with you in it in your driveway.

 

The stacking system does look a little scary but that is one wicked car Wickham!!!!

 

No kidding!!! 2x4s and bricks? Geez... That would have had me paranoid the whole time. A big storm could have cause big Trouble.

Glad it got to you undamaged and that the storms stayed away.
Great looking car - go drive it and have fun!

 

Colonel!!! I'm soooo excited for you!! He is very sharp looking!!! I can't wait to see more detailed pics! Happy Happy Joy Joy!! LOL!

 

Looks good, only rich enough for a car every six months that is.
They shipped it with the top down?
I wonder at what point the ship flips over so it's right side up when it gets there?

Those supports are better and stronger than steel in that configuration, standard operating procedure. I have "real" carpenter wood sawhorses that you can drive a truck on and the legs are only made of 1x4's.

 

Nice ride! I wonder if they did any burn-outs with it yet...

Man, I wouldn't trust those supports. You can clearly see some bending in the wood, and what looks like a broken piece on the floor. If the ship would've hit a hard wave, the thing looks like it could've tilted back and collapsed.

Good to see it did in fact get there safely though, with no complications.

--Ryan

 

very nice car,was it yours in australia? stan

 

I am in Australia Stan. Bought the car on the internet from North Carolina, had it transported to California then shipped down here. Process takes 2-3 months.

 

The stacking system does look a little scary but these guys have never had a car damaged. The bits lying around are from the first rack which has been dismantled to get the first 2 cars out. I'll have to find out how they get the top cars in there. I'm guessing they drive them in off special ramps. They seem to put the convertibles on the bottom with top down then cover them with plastic. I guess they're lower than coupes which leaves more room up top.

 

sharp car!!

place i used to work at shipped cars to Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

that's about how they looked when they opened the container.

those container shipping guys know their stuff

 

Nice car, I like the color.

Glad it made the trip, go have fun!

 

Glad they put plastic over the 442.
That hi-po mustang might have tried to puke fluids on it.
Probably due to jealousy since the 442 was "the handsomest one"

 

Wow she's gorgeous, ship me one too....

 

Congrats!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure your relieved,Now the real journey can begin

 

Hate to even think what that cost you. Mine was shipped back from Austria in '91 and it was alot of $. Congrats!

 

Congrats on her arrival! I bet your excited to drive her home.

 

Nice ...

 

Sweeet!

 

Colonel that is one of the prettiest cars i have seen in a long time. I don't think I have ever seen anybody ask about your being a Colonel. Care to share details with us. Congrats on one of the prettiest cars on here.

 

I'm not a Colonel. My name is Colin, which I shorten to Col, which Sandy (as in Cutlassgal) has morphed into Colonel....God bless her.
Back in my day as an Area Manager with a Bank I was taken over to meet the staff of Cabramatta Branch who were mainly Vietnamese. I had my Col Wickham name badge on an they all greeted me in unison.."Good Morning Colonel Wickham"...so this isn't the first time I've been Colonelised.
And thanks for the car compliment. It's in the shed & outa gas so that's where I'm going in about 1/2 hr when I stop "work" for the day...to the gas station.

 

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I wonder at what point the ship flips over so it's right side up when it gets there?

You gotta remember the earth is like a basketball , we are on top and Col is on the bottom so the ship just slowly flips upside down. Are you a member of the flat earth society or something?

 

Sydney is strategically placed so that as the ships from the North arrive here they are just completing their flip and their cargo just falls off. Our wharves are made of foam rubber so nothing gets damaged. The Olds was loaded upside down in California so it came out on its wheels at this end and that's enough crap for one night. It might be 8.50am in Connecticut (just off the phone to Fusicks re a new tonneau) but it's 11.50 pm here. So good morning America, I'm off to bed ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

 

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Blue, the Earth is ROUND, like da basketball! NOT flat, like se pancake!

 

That is one of the sweetest 442's I have ever seen. I bet it will love that warm weather!!

 

Colonel.... can I still call you Colonel?? LOL! So he is at home now?? Did you put gas in him and go driving?? How's he run? We need all the details!! And more detailed pics asap!!!!

PS..... what's a tonneau??

 

The 70 Cutlass SX convertible in my avatar is a North Carolina sweetie.....It's a Greensboro NC car and was a special order in azure blue (#20) that was popular to order any GM car in this color in Greensboro due to it being the home of the NC Tarheels....You can't beat a North Carolina car. Good buy there Col. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have my SX (about 15 years now) It's a great car you have there and being from the south sure doesn't hurt anything...Oldsdroptop

 

Well, I used to own a 91 Mercury Capri (convertible) and you could buy a tonneau cover for it. The cover went along the back seats and the front passenger seat, a cover. It didn't lay ontop of the seats, but instead went over the top of them, to provide more covered cargo area. The backseat could lay down flat, opening up to the trunk, so I guess it was like a trunk extension.

Anyhow, by his context, it seems to me that a "tonneau" would mean a cover of some sort, most likely the top. He's pricing a new top for the car.

LOL, a big paragraph to be summed up in a few words...a new top.

--Ryan

 

Glad to see your 442 made the trip safely...looks great!